Jeppe Toustrup <openindi...@tenzer.dk> writes: > 2011/2/19 Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com>: >> I'm a bit confused... does the `x' in each case stand for a >> controller? >> >> So Pata controllers support 2 drives, >> but SATA controllers only support 1? >> > > No, it's the number of connectors of the kind in question it mentions. > You may connect to devices to a PATA port, a master and a slave, while > you may only connect one SATA device to each SATA port.
Ahh yes, I'd neglected to account for the master/slave business. Thanks. _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
